Pulses, Total — Area harvested in United States of America
United States of America: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 1.56 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 1.56 million ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 30.1% on the previous year and up 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in United States of America peaked at 1.68 million ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 603,700 ha, in 1983.
That places United States of America 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in United States of America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 783,459 ha | — |
| 1962 | 796,006 ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 765,654 ha | -3.8% |
| 1964 | 743,396 ha | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 767,947 ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 776,206 ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 664,484 ha | -14.4% |
| 1968 | 701,220 ha | +5.5% |
| 1969 | 750,459 ha | +7.0% |
| 1970 | 727,867 ha | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 663,223 ha | -8.9% |
| 1972 | 657,866 ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 669,761 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 770,390 ha | +15.0% |
| 1975 | 741,344 ha | -3.8% |
| 1976 | 703,139 ha | -5.2% |
| 1977 | 665,501 ha | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 765,699 ha | +15.1% |
| 1979 | 712,336 ha | -7.0% |
| 1980 | 933,444 ha | +31.0% |
| 1981 | 1.08 million ha | +15.8% |
| 1982 | 904,199 ha | -16.3% |
| 1983 | 603,700 ha | -33.2% |
| 1984 | 726,860 ha | +20.4% |
| 1985 | 732,520 ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 770,940 ha | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 822,668 ha | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 655,070 ha | -20.4% |
| 1989 | 780,440 ha | +19.1% |
| 1990 | 979,184 ha | +25.5% |
| 1991 | 925,828 ha | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 760,503 ha | -17.9% |
| 1993 | 802,059 ha | +5.5% |
| 1994 | 899,727 ha | +12.2% |
| 1995 | 959,301 ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 880,505 ha | -8.2% |
| 1997 | 930,296 ha | +5.7% |
| 1998 | 999,069 ha | +7.4% |
| 1999 | 993,914 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 864,508 ha | -13.0% |
| 2001 | 729,763 ha | -15.6% |
| 2002 | 950,326 ha | +30.2% |
| 2003 | 811,011 ha | -14.7% |
| 2004 | 856,743 ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 1.15 million ha | +34.3% |
| 2006 | 1.21 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 1.11 million ha | -8.3% |
| 2008 | 1.08 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 1.15 million ha | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 1.36 million ha | +18.2% |
| 2011 | 841,544 ha | -38.2% |
| 2012 | 1.21 million ha | +44.3% |
| 2013 | 1.10 million ha | -9.4% |
| 2014 | 1.23 million ha | +12.2% |
| 2015 | 1.42 million ha | +15.1% |
| 2016 | 1.68 million ha | +18.2% |
| 2017 | 1.66 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 1.44 million ha | -13.2% |
| 2019 | 1.25 million ha | -12.8% |
| 2020 | 1.37 million ha | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 1.27 million ha | -7.5% |
| 2022 | 1.24 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 1.20 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 1.56 million ha | +30.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 749,870 ha | 664,484 ha | 796,006 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 707,713 ha | 657,866 ha | 770,390 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 801,044 ha | 603,700 ha | 1.08 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 913,039 ha | 760,503 ha | 999,069 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 991,244 ha | 729,763 ha | 1.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.32 million ha | 841,544 ha | 1.68 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.33 million ha | 1.20 million ha | 1.56 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 16 Ethiopia 1.58 million ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 7,627 ha compare
- 17 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,145 ha compare
- 17 Mexico 1.52 million ha compare
- 18 Pakistan 1.17 million ha compare
- 19 Kazakhstan 978,777 ha compare
- 20 Uganda 963,736 ha compare
- 21 Cameroon 888,229 ha compare
- 22 Ethiopia PDR 856,510 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in United States of America?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in United States of America was 1.56 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.68 million ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 603,700 ha in 1983.
- How does United States of America rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- United States of America ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses, Total — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.